Chapter 172 - Piqued His Interest

[ Raizel's Secret Hideout in Golden City… ]

Raizel was now sitting in his study room while facing his laptop. On the screen, a beautiful lady with long curly hair was talking to him via video call. That person was none other than Victoria Bancroft.

"What took you so long to answer my call? Where are you?" Victoria's perfectly shaped eyebrows were drawn together in a deep frown. She was upset at him for not answering her call right away.

"I just dealt with something urgent. I'm still on my mission. I can't disclose my current location," Raizel said as an alibi.

"Do you have any updates? When are you going to Golden City?" he asked her, changing the topic. He wanted to surprise her, that's why he didn't tell her that he was already in the Golden City. Besides, he was also investigating something.

He heard a piece of news that a vampire was spreading a rumor that Kira Alaric had returned. They said the former Vampire King was alive. But no one confirmed if it was true.

He thought this was a strategy to create confusion among the vampires. They were trying to destroy the current leadership by telling everyone that the Vampire King was alive.

But deep inside, he wanted to confirm and see if his best friend was truly alive. He didn't ask someone to do this mission. He did it personally because it was related to Kira. Unfortunately, he couldn't find the vampire who was spreading this rumor.

Raizel was not supposed to visit the Golden City yet because Victoria was about to go and prepare everything for an all-out war against the members of Triple W. But after hearing news about Kira, Raizel couldn't ignore it so he went there without informing Victoria.

Victoria was very sensitive when it came to Kira. So it was best for Raizel not to involve her in this investigation. She had biases towards Kira and she hated him. That's what he thought.

"I'm arriving this Friday. I'm still waiting for our elite team to come back from their mission. As for the updates, I received important news from our spy." Victoria's expression brightened up as she recalled the report of their spy.

"Hmm, okay. Can you tell me what important news you have heard from our spy?" Raizel showed interest in this topic. Something big was going on with the Werewolf Clan.

"The Werewolves are busy looking for their missing princess."

Raizel furrowed his eyebrows as this was very interesting news to hear. "Werewolf princess? Are you referring to Dominique's and that woman's daughter?" Raizel didn't want to utter Serena's previous name– Selene. He hated her so much because he somehow knew that she was the cause of Kira's downfall.

"Yes, I'm referring to their daughter."

A wicked smile flashed on Raizel's face. "Their missing daughter… I wonder if she is still alive."

"Whether she is dead or alive, this is a great opportunity for us. We should find her first. If we can't, then I already have an alternative plan for that. Do you know that Dominique and the Werewolf Clan are thinking that we are the ones who took their princess away from them?" Victoria's red lips curled up into an evil smile. She already had a concrete plan in mind on how she would deal with this.

Raizel just sneered when he heard that. It was no surprise as they tried to put all the blame on the Vampires... even their slightest misfortune. They just wanted to come up with a valid reason to destroy the Vampire Clan, making them responsible for the things they didn't do.

"Why blame us for this? Dominique and that woman brought this upon themselves. The Moon Goddess is punishing them. But this is not enough! We should annihilate the Werewolf Clan! They are born traitors!" There was a hint of hatred and fury in Raizel's voice as he uttered those words.

Victoria shared the same feelings with Raizel. No one could measure her hatred towards the werewolves.

"They will receive their retribution soon. The Vampire Clan will rise again. We will let them taste and experience our wrath," she said with no shadow of doubt in her words.

"Dominique Silvano… I will kill him with my own hands… most especially that woman," Raizel also uttered his own sentiment.

"Yes, we will make that happen." Victoria glanced at him meaningfully.

"Alright. Let's end this call. I know you are busy with your mission. I will just contact you if I have another important update. Make sure to follow me in the Golden City. The war preparation is going smoothly."

Raizel just nodded his head. Since Victoria will be arriving five days from now, he needed to fix the concern with the Zhou Family as soon as possible.

Victoria already ended the call so Raizel was back to deep thought. Suddenly, Marceline's face popped up in his mind.

"She is a very interesting woman." He looked down, assessing his palm. The burnt mark was already healed. He wondered where that force came from. Upon touching Marceline's hand, an unknown force electrocuted him, burning his skin.

"I can't even read her mind. Don't tell me this is the effect of the werewolf bite when she was a kid." After saying that, a realization came into him. "Wait, is she not turned into a werewolf?"

Somewhere in his subconscious, he was hoping that Marceline didn't become a werewolf due to the werewolf bite.

"There is one way to find out…" Raizel closed his laptop and stood up. He felt like he had another mission to do. He suddenly became interested in Marceline… her background, her personality, and her behavior.

'Do I really need to gain her trust? Can I trust her?' Raizel was still undecided whether to make Marceline his ally or not. But there was one solution in his mind… "Roland Zhou, I need to bring him back alive!"

*****

[ Golden City Police Precinct… ]

Vladimir and his team were now on the move to get Evelyn out of the prison. They would use a diversion so that Kira would not suspect them as the ones who help Evelyn escape.

Aside from Evelyn Zhou, there was a high profiled inmate who was currently in the custody of the Golden City Police Precinct. He was about to be transferred tomorrow.

Vladimir and his team would infiltrate and attack the Golden City Police Precinct, making everyone believe that their mission was to rescue and help the high-profiled prisoner to escape. But in fact, they were there to help Evelyn Zhou.

The police officers and their Chief were busy with their respective tasks when they heard the fire alarm. Everyone was alerted and followed the evacuation protocol during a fire.

The second floor of the precinct was now on fire. The personnel and other staff were moving in a hurry, assisting the prisoners out of the building.

They didn't know how the fire started. They didn't even hear any explosion. Everyone was doing the evacuation procedure when several men wearing masks suddenly appeared attacking every police officer they could see upon entering the vicinity.

They were asking about the whereabouts of the high-profile prisoner. They pretended to be working under that man.

In the middle of the commotion, Vladimir searched for Evelyn. A few minutes later, he found her. She was being guarded and escorted by the two police officers who were under Kira's command.

But these two men were not matched against Vladimir. He was too powerful for them to handle. In just two moves, the two men were knocked down by Vladimir.

"Master, you are here!" Evelyn felt so glad to see him. Her eyes lit up as if she just found her superhero. "I knew it! You would come to save me, Master!" Evelyn pounced on him, hugging Vladimir.

"Let's talk later. We should leave now. Follow me!" Vladimir was in a hurry. He was very cautious as he was trying to avoid Kira. He knew that Kira assigned men to monitor and watch Evelyn. He shouldn't find out that they were the ones who rescued Evelyn, getting her out of the prison.

"Okay, Master! Let's go. I don't want to stay another more minute in this place!"

Evelyn smiled triumphantly. 'Marceline, you are not the winner yet. See, I can still escape. I will make sure to punish you for sending me here in this rotten place!'

She was still in the middle of escaping the police authorities but Evelyn was already plotting her next moves on how she would get even at Marceline.

Meanwhile, Vladimir made sure not to leave any traces or proof that werewolves came to the precinct today.

Meanwhile, Kira was still investigating Ronan's accident when he received a call from the Chief of Police of the Golden City Police Precinct.

"Mr. Alaric, I have bad news for you! Our Station is currently on fire and several prisoners escape including Evelyn Zhou!"

'Damn!' Kira cursed inwardly when he heard that. Without replying to the Chief, Kira immediately sped off to the Police Station. He would try to search for Evelyn Zhou.

Ten minutes later, Kira arrived at the scene. The firemen were able to extinguish the fire but there was no sign of Evelyn Zhou. He couldn't trace even her scent. The guards whom he assigned to watch Evelyn Zhou were admitted to the hospital.

"Cedric Morgan… if you have something to do with this, I swear… I will make you regret this.." Though he didn't sense any presence of werewolves or members of Triple W, Kira was still suspecting Cedric.